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United States Railroad Administration 

W. G. McADOO. Director General of Railroads 

DIVISION OF LABOR 

WASHINGTON 



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July 26, 1918 



Circular No. 1 

The following appointments as Representatives of the 
Division of Labor, are announced: 

Win. Blackman, effective July 5, 1918 
John A. Moffitt, effective July 15, 1918 
Anthony M. Banks, effective July 18, 1918 

These Representatives of the Division of Labor will 
be assigned to conduct investigations and to represent the 
Division of Labor of the Railroad Administration in other 
specific matters to which they may be assigned affecting 
employees of the railroads under Federal control. 



W. S. CARTER, 

Director, Division of Labor. 



Approved : 

W. G. McADOO, 

Director General of Railroads. 



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United States Railroad Administration 

W. G McADOO. Director General of Railroads 

division of labor 

WASHINGTON 



August 28, 1918 



CIRCULAR NO. 2 

effective August 29, the Women's Service Section of the 
ision of Labor is hereby created and Miss Pauline Goldmark is 
appoinl d Manager with office at Washington, D. C. 

The Manager of the Women's Service Section will give consid- 
iration to conditions of employment of women on Railroads under 
•' 3 1 3r< Control . • 

Approved: w g CARTER 

W. G. MCADOO, Director, Division of Labor. 

Director General of Railroads. 



UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 

W. G. MCADOO, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS 



PIVISION OF LABOR 

WASHINGTON 



August SO, 1918. 

CIRCULAR NO. 3 

As set forth in General Order No. 8, issued February 21, 1918, it is the desire of the Director General 
that harmonious relations be maintained between the officials and employes of all railroads, under Federal 
control. 

"All now serve the Government and the public interest only. I want the officers and employes 
to get the spirit of this new era. Supreme devotion to country, and invincible determination to 
perform the imperative duties of the hour while the life of the Nation is imperiled by war, must 
obliterate old enmities and make friends and comrades of us all. There must be cooperation, not 
antagonism; confidence, not suspicion; mutual helpfulness, not grudging performance; just consider- 
ation, not arbitrary disregard of each other's rights and feelings; a fine discipline based on mutual 
respect and sympathy; and an earnest desire to serve the great public faithfully and efficiently. 
This is the new spirit and purpose that must pervade every part and branch of the national rail- 
road service." 

In the adjustment of differences of opinion, not involving rates or amount of wages, or hours, that 
arise in the relations between the officials and employes, which differences are to be expected, sincere 
effort should be made to reach a common understanding without the necessity of reference to the Director 
General, or to the Division of Labor. Where such controversies are not so adjusted, or where questions 
involving rates or amount of wages or hours are raised, the following methods will be adopted : 

(a) Requests by employes for increases in wages, in addition to increases provided for in wage orders, 
will be filed only with the Board of Railroad Wages and Working Conditions, to which Board has been 
assigned the duty of hearing, and investigating such matters, as provided in Article VII of General 
Order No. 27.' 

(6) The method of securing interpretation of wage orders is prescribed by the Director General 
in Supplement No. 6 to General Order No. 27 issued this day, and the prescribed method should be 
followed in cases involving interpretations of wage orders. 

(c) When employes are represented by Railway Boards of Adjustment, the procedure as to all con- 
troversies within the scope of their duties will be as directed in general orders creating such Boards. 
The fact that certain employes are not represented by Railway Boards of Adjustment will in no manner 
deprive them of any of the benefits accruing from such Boards. An Assistant to the Director of the 
Division of Labor has been appointed, and a staff of Representatives has been organized, for the especial 
purpose of rendering the same service to such employes as though represented by a Railway Board of 
Adjustment. Boards of Adjustment have been created by understanding with the larger organizations 
of employes, for the convenience of handling such matters and to relieve the Director of the Division 
of Labor of adjusting same. It is not practicable to create Railway Boards of Adjustment, except for 
the larger organizations of employes. 

(d) Requests for adjustments in wages by employes not represented by Railway Boards of Adjust- 
ment, which requests are based upon existing practices or adjustments reached through former arbitra- 
tions and settlements, will be presented to the proper officials of the railroads, and negotiations will be 
conducted in the usual manner up to the chief operating officer, or officer designated by him. Should no 
agreement be reached, and it appear to be necessary to take the matter further, a joint statement of 
facts (in duplicate) will be prepared by the representatives of the employes concerned and the proper 
officials of the railroad, and submitted to the Director of the Division of Labor of the United States 



Railroad Administration. Attached to such joint statement of facts will be such brief arguments by 
both parties to the controversy as is believed desirable by those concerned. When an adjustment is 
not then reached through correspondence, a Representative will be assigned to investigate, and if by his 
assistance no agreement is then reached, the matter in controversy will be referred again to the Director 
of the Division of Labor. 

(e) Personal grievances or controversies arising under interpretation of wage agreements, and all 
other disputes arising between officials of a railroad and its employes not represented by Railway Boards 
of Adjustment, will be handled in the usual manner by the individual, his representative, or by committees 
of employes, up to and including the chief operating officer of the railroad, or officer designated by him, 
when, if an agreement is not reached, the chairman of the committee of employes and the officer of the 
railroad will refer the matter to the Director of the Division of Labor, in the same manner as provided 
in Paragraph (d) of this circular. 

(/) When an employe, or class of employes, is not represented by committees, and negotiations can 
not be conducted in the usual manner, matters of complaint will be taken up with the proper officials of 
the railroad. When such employe or employes' desire to appeal to the Director General, a complete 
statement of the cause of complaint will be filed by such employe or employes with the Director of the 
Division of Labor. When an adjustment is not reached through correspondence, a Representative will 
be assigned to investigate, and if by his assistance no agreement is then reached, the matter in contro- 
versy will be referred again to the Director of the Division of Labor. 

(g) General Order No. 8 suspended negotiations for revision of schedules or general changes in condi- 
tions affecting wages and hours pending decision of the matter by the Director General, which was accom- 
plished by General Order No. 27. No order has since been issued either prohibiting or directing that 
negotiations for revisions of working conditions be undertaken. This matter is left to follow the usual 
course, except that all requests for increases in wages, reduction of hours, or special rates of overtime will 
be taken up directly with the Board of Railroad Wages and Working Conditions. Where working condi- 
tions are not agreed upon by Committees of employes and the officials of the railroads, a joint statement 
of the points at issue will be prepared and filed with the Director of the Division of Labor, attaching 
thereto such brief arguments as may be desired. When an adjustment is not then reached through corre- 
spondence a Representative will be assigned to investigate, and if by his assistance no agreement is then 
reached, the matter in controversy will be referred again to the Director of the Division of Labor. 

Nothing herein contained has reference to employes of railroads not under Federal control. 

W. S. CARTER, 
Director, Division of Labor. 
Approved: 

W. G. McADOO, 

Director General of Railroads. 



United States Railroad administration 

W. G. McADOO. Director General of Railroads 

DIVISION OF LABOR 

WASHINGTON. D. C. 



October 1, 1918 



CIRCULAR NO. 4. 

Effective October 1st, Mr. H."H. Reed is appointed 
Special Assistant to the Director of the Division of Labor. 

Mr. Reed has been assigned to handling correspondence ' 
and cases to be submitted to Railway Boards of Adjustment, as 
provided in General Orders Nos. 13 and 29, and such similar 
orders as may be issued by the Director General creating additional 
Railway Boards of Adjustment. He will also handle for the 
undersigned correspondence and matters pertaining to inter- 
pretations of wage orders, submitted through the Division of 
Labor to the Board of Railroad Wages and Working Conditions in 
accordance with Supplement No. 6 to General Order No. 27. 



Approved: 

W. G- McADOO. 

Director General of Railroads. 



W S. CARTER 

Director, Division of Labor. 



United States Railroad Administration 

DIVISION OF LABOR 
WASHINGTON 



CIRCULAR NO. 5 

December. 23, 1918. 

The appointment of Mr. S. A. Bramlette as 
Representative of the Division of Labor, effective 
December 16, 1918, is hereby announced. 

Mr. Bramlette will be assigned to conduct 
investigations and to represent the Division of 
Labor of the Railroad Administration in other 
specific matters to which he may be* assigned , affecting 
employees of the railroads under Federal control. 



Approved : 

W. G. McADOO, 

Director General of Railroads. 



W. S. CARTER. 

Director, Division of Labor. 



UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 

DIVISION OF LABOR 

WASHINGTON 



CIRCULAR NO. 6. 

January 20, 1919. 
The appointment of Mr. J. C. Turner as Representative of the 
Division of Labor, effective January 16, 1919, is hereby announced. 

Mr. Turner will be assigned to conduct investigations and to 
represent the Division of Labor of the Railroad Administration in other 
specific matters to which he may be assigned, affecting employees of the 
railroads under Federal control. 

W. S. CARTER, 

Director, Division of Labor. 

Approved: 

WALKER D. HINES, 

Director General of Railroads. 



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